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PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK
2015
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE ST ATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, North Carolina is traditionally an active tornado and severe thunderstorms state and last year had 36 tornadoes touch
down, with statewide damages exceeding $22 million; and
WHEREAS, in 2014, eastern North Carolina experienced several devastating tornadoes in the spring; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service in North Carolina last year issued 632 severe thunderstorm warnings and recorded 686
incidents of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and/or large hail; and
WHEREAS, people are less likely to be injured when they know what to do when a tornado warning is issued and severe weather
conditions threaten; and
WHEREAS, the average lead warning time for severe weather in 2014 was 17 minutes and the average lead warning time for
tornadoes was IO minutes; and
WHEREAS, lightning strikes are a significant threat in North Carolina, especially for people involved in outdoor recreational and
sporting events; and
WHEREAS, citizens should listen to local radio, television, a weather channel or a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration radio for information on severe weather; and
WHEREAS, families should have an emergency safety plan for home, school and work, including knowing where the safest locations
are on their regularly-traveled routes; and
WHEREAS, individuals should have a disaster supply kit on hand that contains a first-aid kit, a battery-powered radio, flashlight with
extra batteries, canned and other non-perishable food, a hand-operated can opener, bottled water, sturdy shoes and work gloves; and
WHEREAS, ReadyNC.org and its mobile application are available to help residents with their emergency preparedness plans and
provide current weather and traffic conditions for all parts of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, the N.C. Department of Public Safety, N.C. Emergency Management, the National Weather Service and the N.C.
Department of Public Instruction have collaborated to inform and educate North Carolinians about how to stay safe in severe weather; and
WHEREAS, Wednesday, March 4, is the designated day for tornado drills to be held statewide in schools, government buildings and
private companies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the week of March 1- 7,
2015, as "SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK" in North Carolina, and call upon our citizens and interested groups to observe
the week with appropriate activities that promote awareness of severe weather and how to stay safe.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in
Raleigh this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand and fifteen, and oft~dependence of the United States of
America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.

~fate nf ~nrf4 @arnlina
PAT McCRORY
GOVERNOR
SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK
2015
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE ST ATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, North Carolina is traditionally an active tornado and severe thunderstorms state and last year had 36 tornadoes touch
down, with statewide damages exceeding $22 million; and
WHEREAS, in 2014, eastern North Carolina experienced several devastating tornadoes in the spring; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service in North Carolina last year issued 632 severe thunderstorm warnings and recorded 686
incidents of severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and/or large hail; and
WHEREAS, people are less likely to be injured when they know what to do when a tornado warning is issued and severe weather
conditions threaten; and
WHEREAS, the average lead warning time for severe weather in 2014 was 17 minutes and the average lead warning time for
tornadoes was IO minutes; and
WHEREAS, lightning strikes are a significant threat in North Carolina, especially for people involved in outdoor recreational and
sporting events; and
WHEREAS, citizens should listen to local radio, television, a weather channel or a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration radio for information on severe weather; and
WHEREAS, families should have an emergency safety plan for home, school and work, including knowing where the safest locations
are on their regularly-traveled routes; and
WHEREAS, individuals should have a disaster supply kit on hand that contains a first-aid kit, a battery-powered radio, flashlight with
extra batteries, canned and other non-perishable food, a hand-operated can opener, bottled water, sturdy shoes and work gloves; and
WHEREAS, ReadyNC.org and its mobile application are available to help residents with their emergency preparedness plans and
provide current weather and traffic conditions for all parts of North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, the N.C. Department of Public Safety, N.C. Emergency Management, the National Weather Service and the N.C.
Department of Public Instruction have collaborated to inform and educate North Carolinians about how to stay safe in severe weather; and
WHEREAS, Wednesday, March 4, is the designated day for tornado drills to be held statewide in schools, government buildings and
private companies;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, PAT McCRORY, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the week of March 1- 7,
2015, as "SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS WEEK" in North Carolina, and call upon our citizens and interested groups to observe
the week with appropriate activities that promote awareness of severe weather and how to stay safe.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in
Raleigh this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord two thousand and fifteen, and oft~dependence of the United States of
America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.